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[quote=Anonymous]I replied upthread and said two for all the same reasons others are saying two. And I work full time now so when I see "dual-earner" I think that's me.

But I just remembered that after having my first, I had really bad postpartum depression. I went back to work after my maternity leave, but was so miserable I left two months later. It was awful because I really wanted to work and because losing my income was financially really challenging for us. But I was just barely hanging on, and the one thing that brought me joy was spending time with my baby, so leaving my job allowed me to do that for a while, and to focus on getting better. I went back to work, but it was when my DD was over a year old, and it was part-time for a while. It's amazing that I just didn't even think about that when I responded above.

Anyway, my point is -- unpredictable shit happens. I probably don't make as much in my current job as I would if I'd figured out a way to stay in the job I had when I first had kids. But I couldn't figure out a way to stay in that job and also be a functional person. Maybe another company would have let me take a leave of absence, I don't know. But I did what I had to do, which at the time was quitting my job.

You just can't predict some of this stuff in advance.[/quote]

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